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Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they? (2005)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S., Carr, M., Ryan, S., Kirwan, J. R., Richards, P., Carr, A., & Hughes, R. (2005). Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they?. Musculoskeletal Care, 3(3), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.3

Background: It has been shown previously that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can generate a wide range of outcomes that they consider important in treatment. It is not known if these outcomes are generally important in the wider RA patient c... Read More about Outcomes generated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis: How important are they?.

Clinical and psychological outcomes in a randomised controlled clinical trial of patient education in rheumatoid arthritis (2005)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., Hewlett, S., Cockshott, Z., & Barrett, J. (2005). Clinical and psychological outcomes in a randomised controlled clinical trial of patient education in rheumatoid arthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 3(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.21

Objective: Evidence that patient education improves outcome in self-selected patients is often based on studies using patients with a mixture of diagnoses (primarily osteoarthritis) and where the education is delivered in a community setting. This st... Read More about Clinical and psychological outcomes in a randomised controlled clinical trial of patient education in rheumatoid arthritis.

Patient initiated outpatient follow up in rheumatoid arthritis: Six year randomised controlled trial (2005)
Journal Article
Perry, M. G., Blair, P. S., Kirwan, J., Hewlett, S., Pollock, J., Mitchell, K., …Memel, D. (2005). Patient initiated outpatient follow up in rheumatoid arthritis: Six year randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 330(7484), 171-175. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38265.493773.8F

Objectives: To determine whether direct access to hospital review initiated by patients with rheumatoid arthritis would result in improved clinical and psychological outcome, reduced overall use of healthcare resources, and greater satisfaction with... Read More about Patient initiated outpatient follow up in rheumatoid arthritis: Six year randomised controlled trial.

Rheumatology telephone helplines: Patient and health professional requirements (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Brown, S. J., McCabe, C., Hewlett, S., McDowell, J., Cushnaghan, J., Breslin, A., …Carmichael, C. R. (2004, November). Rheumatology telephone helplines: Patient and health professional requirements. Poster presented at American College of Rheumatology Annual Conference, San Antonio, USA

Patient-initiated review: Specific helpline support is required (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Mitchell, K., Hewlett, S., Kirwan, J. R., Hehir, M., Memel, D., Blair, P., …Pollock, J. (2004, November). Patient-initiated review: Specific helpline support is required. Poster presented at American College of Rheumatology Annual Conference, San Antonio, USA

Welfare rights services for people disabled with arthritis integrated in primary care and hospital settings: Set-up costs and monetary benefits (2004)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J., Means, R., Powell, J., Langley, C., Gubbay, D., Memel, D., …Hewlett, S. (2004). Welfare rights services for people disabled with arthritis integrated in primary care and hospital settings: Set-up costs and monetary benefits. Rheumatology, 43(9), 1167-1172. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh278

Objective. To quantify the set-up costs and monetary benefits of a welfare rights service integrated within an NHS service provider, that selects eligible patients using the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and offers welfare rights advice to as... Read More about Welfare rights services for people disabled with arthritis integrated in primary care and hospital settings: Set-up costs and monetary benefits.

Using the health assessment questionnaire and welfare benefits advice to help people disabled through arthritis to access financial support (2004)
Journal Article
Langley, C., Memel, D. S., Kirwan, J. R., Pollock, J., Hewlett, S., Gubbay, D., & Powell, J. (2004). Using the health assessment questionnaire and welfare benefits advice to help people disabled through arthritis to access financial support. Rheumatology, 43(7), 863-868. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh184

Objectives. To test, in a variety of health settings, the ability of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) disability index to predict the eligibility of patients with moderate or severe arthritis for disability living allowance or attendance all... Read More about Using the health assessment questionnaire and welfare benefits advice to help people disabled through arthritis to access financial support.

Rheumatology outcomes: The patient's perspective (2003)
Journal Article
Carr, A., Hewlett, S., Hughes, R., Mitchell, H., Ryan, S., Carr, M., & Kirwan, J. R. (2003). Rheumatology outcomes: The patient's perspective. Journal of Rheumatology, 30(4), 880-883

Our aim was to explore the patient's perspective of outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to identify which outcomes are important to patients and how patients calibrate what constitutes a meaningful change in those outcomes. A qualitative study was... Read More about Rheumatology outcomes: The patient's perspective.

Patients and clinicians have different perspectives on outcomes in arthritis (2003)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S. (2003). Patients and clinicians have different perspectives on outcomes in arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology, 30(4), 877-879

Outcome measurement in arthritis has undergone a major shift during the past 2 decades, moving from process measures (e.g., plasma viscosity) to patient-centered outcome measures (e.g., pain, function). However, while patients self-report many of the... Read More about Patients and clinicians have different perspectives on outcomes in arthritis.

Outcomes from the patient perspective workshop at OMERACT 6 (2003)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., Heidberg, T., Hewlett, S., Hughes, R., Kvien, T., Ahlmen, M., …Taal, E. (2003). Outcomes from the patient perspective workshop at OMERACT 6. Journal of Rheumatology, 30(4), 868-872

The objective of the Patient Perspective Workshop at OMERACT 6 was to address the question of assessing the outcomes of intervention in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the perspective of those who experience the disease themselves. This was done by re... Read More about Outcomes from the patient perspective workshop at OMERACT 6.

Clinical and psychological outcome from a randomized controlled trial of patient-initiated direct-access hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis extended to 4 years (2003)
Journal Article
Pollock, J., Hehir, M., Mitchell, K., Kirwan, J. R., Hewlett, S., Pollock, J., …Bennett, B. (2003). Clinical and psychological outcome from a randomized controlled trial of patient-initiated direct-access hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis extended to 4 years. Rheumatology, 42(3), 422-426. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keg130

Background. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are traditionally seen regularly as out-patients, irrespective of whether it is appropriate or timely to see them. A randomized controlled trial has shown that over 2 yr, seeing patients only when t... Read More about Clinical and psychological outcome from a randomized controlled trial of patient-initiated direct-access hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis extended to 4 years.

MCID/Low disease activity state workshop: Summary, recommendations and research agenda (2003)
Journal Article
Wells, G., Anderson, J., Boers, M., Felson, D., Heilberg, T., Hewlett, S., …Tugwell, P. (2003). MCID/Low disease activity state workshop: Summary, recommendations and research agenda. Journal of Rheumatology, 30(5), 1115-1118

The OMERACT 6 Minimal Clinically Important Difference/Low Disease Activity Workshop was organized with the aim of meeting the many challenges that exist in determining a low disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This article presents an over... Read More about MCID/Low disease activity state workshop: Summary, recommendations and research agenda.

Patient priorities for outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, R., Hewlett, S., Carr, A., Mitchell, K., Ryan, S., Carr, M., & Kirwan, J. R. (2002, November). Patient priorities for outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis. Poster presented at American College Rheumatology Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA

Measuring the meaning of disability in rheumatoid arthritis: The personal impact Health Assessment Questionnaire (PI HAQ) (2002)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S., Smith, A. P., & Kirwan, J. R. (2002). Measuring the meaning of disability in rheumatoid arthritis: The personal impact Health Assessment Questionnaire (PI HAQ). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 61(11), 986-993. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.61.11.986

Background: Measurement of disability in rheumatoid arthritis is often used to support treatment decisions and outcome assessments, but is used without reference to the impact of disability on individual patients. Objective: To develop and validate a... Read More about Measuring the meaning of disability in rheumatoid arthritis: The personal impact Health Assessment Questionnaire (PI HAQ).